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Message: <blockquote data-quote="´•.¦±RaNgA±¦.•´" data-source="post: 7474404" data-attributes="member: 32902">Never before in history have  active-duty American troops been invited to march in the Victory Day  parade, according to the United States military. The occasion is the  65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi  Germany in World War  II, a date that carries an almost sacred meaning in Russia.  Russian leaders have taken pains to explain that the Americans -- along  with contingents from Britain, France and Poland -- were invited as representatives of the  "anti-Hitler coalition." Not for nothing are they explaining. While more  than half of Russians greeted the invitation with approval or  enthusiasm, according to an April poll by the independent Levada  Center, the sentiment was not universal. In a country that still  regards NATONATO boots on Red Square!"  -- The New York  Times      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Ukrainian troops march during a rehearsal  for the Victory Day military parade at the Moscow Red  Square, late Sunday, May 2, 2010. The troops from 13 countries, the  United States, Great Britain, France, Poland, Azerbaijan, Armenia,  Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and  Ukraine, have arrived in Moscow to prepare for the Victory Day parade in  on May 9 to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II.  AP  / Sergey Ponomarev                                       <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day03.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  A Russian military band marches during a  rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Moscow Red Square,  late Tuesday, May 4, 2010.  AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day04.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Russian military vehicles roll during a  rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Moscow Red Square,  late Tuesday, May 4, 2010, with the Historical Museum at the background.   AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr.      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day05.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Commuters ride aboard a bus decorated to  mark the upcoming Victory Day celebrations, with a portrait of Soviet  dictator Josef Stalin, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 5,  2010. Russians will mark the end of World War II on May 9.  AP /  Dmitry Lovetsky      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day06.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Belarus WW II veterans arrive at a train  station in Moscow on May 7, 2010 to participate in upcoming 65th  anniversary of World War II Victory Day celebrations on May 9.   AFP /  Getty Images / Victor Drachev      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day07.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  A Russian boy watches armoured vehicles  during a Victory Day parade rehearsal in Moscow on May 6, 2010. Russia  will mark the 65th anniversary of Allied forces' victory over the Hitler  coalition in World War II on May 9. Troops from four NATO states will  march through Red Square for the first time as Russia marks the 65th  anniversary of the World War II victory with its biggest parade since  the Soviet collapse. AFP / Getty Images / Petr Alexandrovich      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day08.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Russian WWII-era T-34 tanks drive through  Red Square during a Victory Day parade rehearsal in Moscow on May 6,  2010. Russia will mark the 65th anniversary of Allied forces' victory  over the Hitler coalition in World War II on May 9.   AFP / Getty  Images / Alexander Nemenov      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day09.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  People take pictures in front of Belarus  armoured vehicles as they prepare to drive through the city during a  Victory Day parade rehearsal in Minsk on May 6, 2010. Belarus will mark  the 65th anniversary of Allied forces' victory over the Hitler coalition  in World War II on May 9.  AFP / Getty Images / Victor Drachev      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day09a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  A couple kisses as Belarus armoured  vehicles drive through the city during a Victory Day parade rehearsal in  Minsk on May 6, 2010. Belarus will mark the 65th anniversary of Allied  forces' victory over the Hitler coalition in World War II on May 9. AFP  / Getty Images / Victor Drachev      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  A Russian soldier stand guard as United  States C. Company, 2 Battalion, 18 Infantry Regiment, 170 Infantry  Brigade Combat Team troops march during an award ceremony to  representatives of World War II allied countries in Moscow, Wednesday,  May 5, 2010. Military personnel from 20 countries are to march for the  first time on Red Square on May 9, the day Russians celebrate as Victory  Day.  AP / Sergey Ponomarev      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Ukrainian and Russian sailers wearing in  World War II-era Soviet soldiers' uniforms march during a parade  rehearsal in the central Ukrainian city of Sevastopol, the main base of  the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Both of the fleets will march together on  May 9, during Victory Day parade marking the 65th anniversary of WW II  ending.  AFP / Getty Images / Sergei Supinsky      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day12.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  A boy reacts as he looks out through  Ukrainian sailors staying in line up to watch a joint Ukrainian-Russian  navy parade rehearsal in the central Ukrainian city of Sevastopol, the  main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The fleets will march together  on May 9 during a Victory Day parade marking 65th anniversary of World  War II ending. AFP / Getty Images / Sergei Supinsky      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  US soldiers march through Red Square  during a Victory Day parade rehearsal in Moscow on May 6, 2010. Russia  will mark the 65th anniversary of Allied forces' victory over the Hitler  coalition in World War II on May 9. Troops from four NATO states will  march through Red Square for the first time as Russia marks the 65th  anniversary of the World War II victory with its biggest parade since  the Soviet collapse.     AFP / Getty Images / Alexander Nemenov      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day14.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks  past World War II veterans during a flowers laying ceremony at the  monument to Soviet soldiers killed fighting Nazi troops in Nov. 1941,  near Volokolamsk, 100 km (62.5 miles) west of Moscow, Friday, May 7,  2010. Russia will celebrate Victory in World War II on May 9. AP /  Dmitry Astakhov      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day15.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Russian World War II veterans hold  flowers during a ceremony at a monument to World War II victims on the  outskirts of Moscow, Wednesday, May 5, 2010.   AP / Ivan Sekretarev      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day16.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Youth from Moscow with Russian flags  arrive at a wreath laying ceremony of Russian and of former Soviet  states representatives in Germany, at the eve of the 65th anniversary of  the end of World War II in Europe, in Berlin, Friday, May 7, 2010.  Around 7,000 Soviet soldiers were killed in the fight to take Berlin in  1945 and were  buried at the memorial. With the capitulation of Nazi  Germany on May 8, 1945, World War II ended in Europe.  AP / Markus  Schreiber      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day17.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Ukrainian police officers march during a  rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place on  May 9 to celebrate 65 years since the victory in World War II, in  downtown Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. AP / Sergei Chuzavkov      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day18.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Russian honor guards particpate in a  ceremony to light the "Eternal Flame of Memory and Glory" at Victory  Park in Moscow on April 30, 2010. In the run up to 65th anniversary May 9  Victory Day celebrations, Moscow city authorities installed a second  eternal flame monument, lit off the original located at the Tomb of the  Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin.   AFP / Getty Images / Andrei  Smirnov      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day19.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Russian fighter jets leave a smoke trail  in the colors of the state flag, as they fly over the Moscow's Kremlin  during general rehearsals ahead of the upcoming Victory Day Parade, in  Moscow on Thursday, May 6, 2010. Russians will celebrate Victory in  World War II on May 9.  AP / Misha Japaridze      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day20.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Russian MiG-29, Il-78, and Tu-95 planes  fly over a statue of Russian historical figures Minin and Pozharsky on  Red Square during a Victory Day parade rehearsal in Moscow on May 6,  2010. Russia will mark the 65th anniversary of Allied forces' victory  over the Hitler coalition in World War II on May 9. Troops from four  NATO states will march through Red Square for the first time as Russia  marks the 65th anniversary of the World War II victory with its biggest  parade since the Soviet collapse.  AFP / Getty Images / Alexander  Nemenov      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day21.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Russian MiG-29 and Su-27 fighter jets  release flares while flying over the Kremlin near Red Square during a  Victory Day parade rehearsal in Moscow on May 6, 2010. AFP / Getty  Images / Andrey Smirnov      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day22.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Russian enthusiasts reenact historic  battles against a World War II tank on the outskirts of Moscow,  Wednesday, May 5, 2010.   AP / Ivan Sekretarev      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day23.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Russian soldiers march through Red Square  during a Victory Day parade rehearsal in Moscow on May 6, 2010.   AFP  / Getty Images / Alexander Nemenov      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day24.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  A woman looks at posters devoted to  Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 3, 2010. Russia will mark the  65th anniversary of of the end of World War II on May 9.  AFP / Getty  Images / Andrey Smirnov      <img src="http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/may10/victory_day_sm/victory_day25.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  A Russian woman cries while visiting a  military cemetary in Moscow where numerous veterans of World War II are  buried on May 7, 2010.   AFP / Getty Images / Alexey Sazonov</blockquote>

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